IP Library Granted Patent US 12,639,901
Granted Patent B2
US 12,639,901 · App. 18/275,920 · Granted May 26, 2026

Information processing device, information processing terminal, information processing method, and program

Inventors: Takuma Domae (Tokyo, JP); Junichi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Kazuharu Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Masaaki Matsubara (Tokyo, JP); Yasunori Matsui (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION; Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
G06T19/20G06T13/40G06T2219/2004
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Patent No.
US 12,639,901
App. No.
18/275,920
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a control unit that performs control to output information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space to a user terminal, in which the control unit acquires a characteristic of at least one user related to an event performed in the virtual space and controls movement of a position of an indicator corresponding to a performer in the virtual space based on a position of an indicator corresponding to at least one user whose characteristic satisfies a condition.

Claims (38)

1 . An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to

control output of information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space to a user terminal,

receive a characteristic of at least one user related to an event performed in the virtual space,

control movement of a position of an indicator corresponding to a performer in the virtual space based on a position of an indicator corresponding to at least one user whose characteristic satisfies a condition,

wherein the indicator corresponding to each user includes an image of a user avatar, and

wherein the indicator corresponding to the performer includes an image of a performer avatar, and

control movement of the position of the performer avatar in such a way as to pass near the position of each user avatar of the at least one user avatar corresponding to each user of the at least one user whose characteristic satisfies the condition in the virtual space.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the characteristic of the at least one user related to the event includes at least one of a position, a motion, or a behavior history of the user avatar in the virtual space.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the characteristic of the at least one user related to the event includes at least one of a charge amount of the user, a number of times the user participated in the event, or whether the user has joined a community of the performer.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry performs special display control in the virtual space on a user avatar whose characteristic of the user satisfies the condition.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the circuitry performs, as the special display control, at least one of highlighting the user avatar, moving the position of the user avatar, or releasing a predetermined restriction on the user avatar.

6 . An information processing terminal comprising:

circuitry configured to

control display of an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space on a display,

receive a characteristic of a user related to an event performed in the virtual space,

control movement of a position of an indicator corresponding to a performer in the virtual space based on a position of an indicator corresponding to the user in a case where the characteristic satisfies a condition,

wherein the indicator corresponding to each user includes an image of a user avatar, and

wherein the indicator corresponding to the performer includes an image of a performer avatar, and

control movement of the position of the performer avatar in such a way as to pass near the position of each user avatar of the at least one user avatar corresponding to each user of the at least one user whose characteristic satisfies the condition in the virtual space.

7 . An information processing method executed by a processor, the information processing method comprising:

controlling output of information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space to a user terminal;

receiving a characteristic of at least one user related to an event performed in the virtual space;

controlling movement of a position of an indicator corresponding to a performer in the virtual space based on a position of an indicator corresponding to at least one user whose characteristic satisfies a condition,

wherein the indicator corresponding to each user includes an image of a user avatar, and

wherein the indicator corresponding to the performer includes an image of a performer avatar; and

controlling movement of the position of the performer avatar in such a way as to pass near the position of each user avatar of the at least one user avatar corresponding to each user of the at least one user whose characteristic satisfies the condition in the virtual space.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

controlling output of information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space to a user terminal;

receiving a characteristic of at least one user related to an event performed in the virtual space;

controlling movement of a position of an indicator corresponding to a performer in the virtual space based on a position of an indicator corresponding to at least one user whose characteristic satisfies a condition,

wherein the indicator corresponding to each user includes an image of a user avatar, and

wherein the indicator corresponding to the performer includes an image of a performer avatar; and

controlling the position of the performer avatar in such a way as to sequentially pass near the position of each user avatar of the at least one user avatar corresponding to each user of the at least one user whose characteristic satisfies the condition in the virtual space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2023
From: DOMAE, TAKUMA; TANAKA, JUNICHI; TANAKA, KAZUHARU; MATSUBARA, MASAAKI; MATSUI, YASUNORI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION; SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-037070 · Mar 9, 2021 · national
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